Massachusetts General Laws
Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons
Chapter 125 - Correctional Institutions of the Commonwealth

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter and elsewhere in...

Section 2 - Superintendents and Deputies of Correctional Institutions; Appointment; Bond - Section 2. The superintendent and the deputy of each correctional...

Section 3 - Officers and Employees of Institutions; Appointment; Duties of Correction Officer or Correctional Program Officer - Section 3. All other officers and all employees in the...

Section 4 - Certification of Persons Eligible for Appointment - Section 4. In certifying the names of persons eligible for...

Section 5 - Vacancy in Office of Superintendent; Acting Superintendent; Bond; Compensation - Section 5. If the office of the superintendent of any...

Section 6 - Treasurers; Appointment; Bond; Duties - Section 6. The commissioner shall appoint a treasurer of each...

Section 7 - Suggestions for Alterations in Commissioner's Rules - Section 7. The superintendent of each such institution shall from...

Section 8 - Uniforms - Section 8. Officers and employees in each such institution required...

Section 9 - Training Academy for Officers; Appointment of Trainees; Provisional and Permanent Appointment as Officers; Probationary Period; Tenure and Benefits; Restriction - Section 9. The commissioner shall establish a training academy in...

Section 10 - Oaths of Officers; Administration - Section 10. All officers of such institutions, before entering upon...

Section 11 - Maintenance of Correctional Institutions; Expenses in Maintaining United States Prisoners - Section 11. The department of correction shall maintain, for the...

Section 12 - Holding Prisoners in Accordance With Sentences or Orders of Courts; Personal Property; Receipt - Section 12. All persons sentenced to any of the correctional...

Section 13 - Officers of Correctional Institutions - Section 13. The officers of each correctional institution shall be...

Section 14 - Superintendent; Powers and Duties - Section 14. Subject to rules and regulations established by the...

Section 15 - Superintendent and Deputies; Residences - Section 15. The superintendent, and his deputy, shall reside constantly...

Section 16 - Female Prisoners; Commitment to Designated Facilities; Alcohol Treatment Facility; Separate Awaiting Trial Unit - Section 16. All females convicted of crimes in the courts...

Section 17 - Burial of Female Prisoners - Section 17. The commissioner may, in behalf of the commonwealth...

Section 18 - Bridgewater State Hospital; Medical Director - Section 18. The Bridgewater state hospital shall be part of...

Section 19 - Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater; Commitment; Alcoholism - Section 19. No person shall be committed to the Massachusetts...

Section 20 - Contracts on Account of Correctional Institutions; Suits; Referees - Section 20. All contracts on account of any correctional institution...

Section 21 - Bills for Supplies and Services - Section 21. At the time supplies for any of the...